This evening at Derech HaYayin the salesman showed me a new series of Barkan wines - "Special Reserve Winemakers' Choice":Petite Verdot 2010Pinotage 2010Shiraz 2010Chardonnay 2012.Has anyone tasted these yet? Due to the decrease in the quality of their Reserve series over the past few years, I am wondering if these are an improvement.Zvi

I tasted these with Ed at the Barkan Winery, I will stick with scores and not full notes. One that was skipped was the new 2012 Classic Malbec a new nice and almost QPR wine of old:

1) 2012 Chard reserve: B+ to B++ (AKA 89)2) Pinotage 2010: B+ to A- very good3) Petite Verdot 2010: B+ at best a bit off the mark4) Shiraz 2010: did not taste5) The OTHER BIG WIN: The 2011 Cab reserve, winemaker's choice: A- (may be the best reserve wine from them in a long time)